Then we saw a high gray wall and a series of wroughtiron letters that spelled out lake windsor downs. An important theme in the novel is the perfection of images. But the people in tangerine are much more in tune with nature than the lake windsor folks. Paul thinks about everyone in lake windsor downs tonight, burning fake logs and drinking hot cocoa. Therefore, if i was a student who was currently unhappy at lake windsor downs, id likely to choose. Lake windsor downs is vandalized after the big football game with tangerine high. What are four problems the people of lake windsor downs are. He has been the principal since the school opened ten years ago. Which of the following is not a neighborhood problem that was mentioned at the lake windsor downs homeowners association meeting. Lake windsor downs offers four choices to homebuyers, each named after a british royal family. Who does paul challenge to face off in a penalty kick at the beginning of the book. As a result of this shocking development, the tangerine county sports commission.
The places where the story take place are in florida lake windsor downs, lake windsor middle school, tangerine, tangerine middle school, and tomas cruz. Antoine thomas star quarterback of the lake windsor downs football team. Terry donnelly football player for lake windsor downs. This story takes place in florida and little bit in houston, texas. Map of lake windsor downs in the book tangerine book retro. Tino, lives on a farm, plays soccer for tangerine middle. Four problems being experienced by the people of lake windsor downs are the lightening strikes, termites, breakins robberies, and muck fires. How do the people in lake windsor downs and the people in. Lake windsor downs is vandalized after the football game. Who is the coach of pauls soccer team at lake windsor and what position does paul play. Seven years later, erik and paul move houses, with their parents, from houston, texas to lake windsor downs in tangerine, florida.
Oct 19, 2020 tangerine part 1 and 2 study guide questionwhere are paul and his family moving to at the beginning of the book. Included is a video that serves as a trailer for the book. Helping you understand setting in tangerine by edward bloor but, in a fun way. Tangerine by edward bloor tells the story of paul fisher as he moves to a new home in tangerine county, florida. The school building is old and rundown and hes never seen anything like it in tangerine. Feb 08, 2014 tangerine is a poorer and rougher school than lake windsor. Tangerine by edward bloor what happens every afternoon. Wayne knows why theyre having termite problems, too. Antoine thomas is kicked off the lake windsor football team in tangerine for lying about his eligibility to play. Apr 15, 1997 tangerine by edward bloor is a novel about the fisherman family and their sons, erik and paul.
Why are the peoplein lake windsor downs happy about the freeze. This is the story of the fisher family, who move to lake windsor downs, florida in search of the erik fisher football dream. Where are paul and his family moving to at the beginning of the book. In the book tangerine, why do some of the houses in lake windsor downs have to be tented. Grace johnson the tangerine middle school principal ms. Who was pauls guide on his first day of school at tangerine middle school and introduced him to the soccer team. Short summary synopsis the fisher family moves to tangerine, florida, because the father has a new job there as the deputy director of civil engineering. Part two of tangerine begins to reveal all that lies beneath the surface of life in lake windsor and tangerine, and what we discover is literally a whole other world. At the end of the season, he reveals that he is actually a resident of tangerine and has been illegally playing for lake windsor downs. But they cant, and mother nature lets them know it. Lake windsors damage is that they have spray paintings on their walls. Lightning doesnt strike them, because theyve left the trees on their hills alive to attract it instead. Tangerine is a poorer and rougher school than lake windsor. Oct 21, 2016 b he was mad at himself for letting lake windsor score on him.
November 23 thanksgivingif you have the hardback book, that is pages 212230. Lake windsor has sinkholes and tangerine has a sort of fire burning underground. Lake windsor downs is a housing development that seems to have been designed to appear normal. What are four problems the people of lake windsor downs. Who did the tangerine middle school soccer team beat that the lake windsor team only tied.
Oct 03, 2010 the book takes place in the fictional creation of tangerine county, florida. Guide to the novel and summary of tangerine by edward bloor. The lake windsor coach comes over to tell betty bright that that paul is not eligible to play. On his way in, he passes boys karatekicking each other. Tangerineedward bloor community consolidated school district 93. The lake windsor middle school soccer team is known as the lake windsor seagulls. In lake windsor on the other hand, pauls father is oblivious to paul while erik and arthur rob and vandalize their own community.
While lake windsor people look down their nose at tangerine, the kids from tangerine are defensive against lake windsor snobbery. Coach warner lake windsor downs high school football coach. Some of the houses in lake windsor downs had to be covered in blue tents and. The lake windsor downs homes are covered by tents because of a termite infestation. I set the garbage bag down and leaned against the station wagon, staring east, directly into the rising sun. Who is the captain and emotional leader of the tangerine middle school. The year in which this story takes place is somewhere in the 1990s. Bud bridges the lake windsor high school principal. He faces drama in his own family with a bullying older brother, erik, a dad who is too concerned with eriks future as a football star to pay much attention to paul, and a mom who is just trying her best to hold them all together. Compare and contrast tangerine middle school with lake.
Paul fisher is in seventh grade when his family moves to tangerine county, florida, land of muck fires, koistealing ospreys, mosquito swarms, daily lightning strikes, and sinkholes. When they get to lake windsor downs, wayne sees the blue tents along one street. Wayne comments that all the problems lake windsor downs is having are like the plagues of egypt in the bible. At a lake windsor downs homeowners meeting, pauls parents revealed that erik and arthur were the neighborhood thieves. When the developers cleared the land for building, they set all the citrus trees on fire and then plowed them under. The meaning this statement carries is that antoine listened to his own advice that he gave to paul. Then we made a couple of turns and pulled into a wide driveway. In the book tangerine, why do some of the houses in lake. The majority of the scenes in this book, take place within the community, and feature the neighborhood of lake windsor downs, the lake windsor middle school, tangerine middle school, lake. Tangerine high school doesnt receive the same funding as lake windsor downs. Tangerine is a young adult novel by edward bloor, published in 1997 by harcourt plot.
In the book tangerine, erics choices and the consequences of his choices affected the development of paul in three ways. The reason wayne will be going to lake windsor downs is to spray for mosquitoes. He is the president of the homeowners association of lake windsor downs. Lake windsor downs is vandalized after the big football game with tangerine high the damage done was all the mailboxes were knocked down and there gray walls were spray painted then with white paint that read seagulls suck. Tangerine by edward bloor what happens every afternoon in lake windsor downs. In a single statement thomas confessed to lying about his eligibility to attend lake windsor high school 272.
In lake windsor downs, the people were inside, welcoming the freeze with hot cocoa and fake logs and christmas. Know the characters in the novel and their role in the story. Its obvious that tangerine author edward bloor had some fun with the school team names. It turns out that the people responsible for the recent burglaries of peoples homes are lake windsor high school football players, eric fisher and arthur bauer. All of lake windsor downs are in total shock because of this new discovery last friday.
Analyze surfaces, facades and appearances in tangerine. Paul is a boy who just moved from texas to florida. The fisher family moves to tangerine, florida, because the father has a new job there as the deputy director of civil engineering. The combination high school and middle school that they will be attending is also named lake windsor. Tangerine part 1 and 2 study guide flashcards quizlet. They want to create a perfect, plastic world, where they control everything. Why is antoine thomas kicked off of the lake windsor football. The area is in the northern part of the state, and is in the citrus grove region. Erik, place kicker for lake windsor downs seagulls, mean. The novels protagonist, paul fisher, wears cokebottle glasses due to an. Tangerine unit test study guide frontier central school. In the book tangerine by edward bloor what are some of. Betty bright tells coach walski that shandra thomas is antoines sister and they live in the tangerine district, not lake windsor.
There, he realizes how much of a difference location makes. We went past the villas at versailles, which, if anything, looked even more expensive. There are also underground fires, mosquitoes, termites and a psychopathic sports hero. C he was so overcome with happiness because they were the champions and he had contributed as goalie. First, they fill 100 smudge pots with diesel, light them, and keep them burning all night. He is the president of the homeowners association of lake wi. In the book tangerine by edward bloor what are some of the.
In lake windsor downs, the people were inside, welcoming the. A list of characters in tangerine by edward bloor brighthub. Feb, 2021 in this way, it acts as a reminder that everyone in the novel is fundamentally the same. Tangerine is a young adult novel by edward bloor, published in 1997 by harcourt. Grace johnson the tangerine middle school principal. As hes helping the cruz family fight the freeze, he remarks. How is lake windsor middle school different from tangerine middle school.
He says that is where the citrus trees that were cleared to make room for lake windsor downs were buried after they. D he was sad about them losing the county championship. In a prologue when paul fisher was in kindergarten, a few friends of erik, pauls older brother, calls paul eclipse boy, causing paul to believe that was why he was visually impaired. Tangerine what are four problems the people of lake windsor downs are experiencing. All incoming seventh grade students will be required to read.
Map of lake windsor downs in the book tangerine tangerine by edward bloor visual map by gregoria rodriguez on tangerine sutori tangerine sutori. How does eric actions affect paul in tangerine 481 words. He says that is where the citrus trees that were cleared to make room for lake windsor downs were buried after they were burned. Termites are a type of insect that can quickly destroy the wooden walls of. What is the mysterious fire that paul and his mother discover. They moved from texas to lake windsor downs in tangerine county, florida. Tangerine, by edward bloor blogging for a good book. Back home, standing at the breakfast bar window, paul sees erik and arthur practicing in the back yard. Tangerine by edward bloor setting, summaries and analysis of the major.
We know this becausetangerine is old and falling down, and its textbooks are ripped and musty. In tangerine, what is the name of the lake windsor soccer. Why is antoine thomas kicked off of the lake windsor. Apr 21, 2020 tangerine how do the people in lake windsor downs and the people in tangerine react to the freeze differently. Tangerine unit test study guide learning objectives what you. Lake windsor downs, lake windsor middle school, tangerine, tangerine middle school, and tomas cruz groves. Which character is the passionate team captain for tangerine war eagles. Tangerine is a 1997 young adult novel by edward bloor. Alvarez pauls homeroom teacher at lake windsor middle school.
The class difference also effects how the different communities relate to each other. Tangerine is perfect for paul because it lets him shed his iep and make a new beginning. The people of tangerine rely on their plants to make money and live. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Why did muck fires burn in the fields surrounding lake windsor downs.
Im not supposed to do that because my glasses are so thick. Edward bloor, a kid named paul fisher moved from houston texas no. Lake windsor middle school does not have a gym, an auditorium, or indoor classrooms. Theyre the twostory lancaster with the teal trim 1. In the book tangerine, why do some of the houses in lake windsor. How did these fires effect the enviroment of the development. Betty bright the tangerine middle school soccer coach. As the people in their community started to agree in allowing erik and arthur to have a second chance, 2 police officers approached the front door asking for arthur bauer. On the surface, everything appears just so in lake windsor downs. Gates principal of lake windsor downs middle school. The homeowners association of lake windsor downs met in the fishers home on wednesday, october 4th. Tangerines mascot is the war eagles, lake windsor has a seagull. But the people of lake windsor have no control over what lies beneath them.
Apr 26, 2016 in the book tangerine, why do some of the houses in lake windsor downs have to be tented. In tangerine, the people were heading out to fight it with shovels and axes and burning tires 3. Write a letter from the homeowners association that will be sent to all of the people living in lake windsor downs describing the current problems that the development is experiencing. Tangerine man when paul makes friends with tino and luis, he starts going out to their tangerine grove. In the freeze, many families are devastated by the damage done to their plants. Tangerine is about 12 year old paul fisher, who moves from texas to.
Tangerine by edward bloor meet your next favorite book. Mother nature is going nuts in tangerine but only in lake windsor downs, where developers have destroyed everything natural in order to put their neighborhood full of identical houses with matching mailboxes in place. The people of lake windsor downs live in a sterile community intended to look perfect. While the novel presents a cultural critique of middleclass american life, it also a fascinating view of a unique place. Tangerine by edward bloor visual map by gregoria rodriguez. What school choice might you make after attending the. The 7th and 8th graders only have portable classrooms. Literary analysis tangerine by edward bloor by course hero. How did these fires affect the environment of the development. Paul fisher is in the seventh grade when his family moves to tangerine. They live in a new house in a new development called lake windsor downs. Visual map for engl 471 uses images and quotes from the book to catch the audiences attention. The homeowners association of lake windsor downs met in the fishers home on oct. A detailed description of the important objects and places in tangerine.
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